Archive for the '2004 Election' Category

Rove ‘Threatened’ GOP High-Tech Guru, AG Asked for Protection, Immunity: Attorney–headline in BRAD BLOG, 7/24/2008

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Here is the copy of email found in Brad Blog…

Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:51 AM
To: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Subject: Report of Rove threats against witness Michael ConnellDear Attorney General Mukasey:We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our […]

Bush lied??? To get re-elected??? N’ah…

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

The following excerpt is from the November 20, 2007 POLITICO story about Scott McClellan’s book’s revelations about the deceit used during the Plame affair.
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“Shortly after news of the McClellan excerpt broke, Politico caught up with Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper, two reporters who received information about Valerie Plame’s identity and were caught up in […]

For those who may have forgotten, the Cleveland Plain Dealer…

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

editorial board was ready to endorse John Kerry in 2004 until it was outnumbered by the publisher. A compromise allowed the paper to support no one. Considering Cleveland’s economic shape and the voting problems in that election, one could surmise that the paper was acting against its self-interest and that of its readers.
I don’t […]

What gets me is the fact that the administration doesn’t even try to hide its disdain for the rule of law.

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Obama wants official fired for comments
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 19, 5:50 PM ET
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department’s voting rights division should be fired for saying voter ID laws hurt the elderly but aren’t a problem for minorities because they often die before old age.
John […]

They use a cage in Chuck-A-Luck, but contestants have a better chance than African-Americans have with W’s thugs.

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

PBS
7.27.07
Voter Caging
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004?
Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections?
This week NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican Party plan designed to keep Democrats from voting, allegedly by targeting people based on their race and ethnicity with key battleground states like […]

It can’t happen here. It can’t happen here. It can’t happen here.

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

March 25, 2007
N.Y. Police Spied Broadly Before G.O.P. Convention
By JIM DWYER
For at least a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, teams of undercover New York City police officers traveled to cities across the country, Canada and Europe to conduct covert observations of people who planned to protest at the convention, according to police records […]

He let the bullies win!

Friday, January 5th, 2007

 I have never been a fan of McAuliffe because the party slipped further to the right on his watch. (The Detroit Tigers infielder Dick is an entirely different story as I believe he was a great old-fashioned ballplayer.) Though the former DNC Chairman is not my favorite, he may be dead-on correct about Kerry’s listless […]

Let’s wait for one of those exciting bass masters to lure this baby onto the rowboat. Saturday morning KILL-TV will never be the same.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

“Ancient predator had strongest bite of any fish, rivaling bite of large alligators and T. rex”
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A photograph of the Dunkleosteus terrelli (It was also a Grand Prix racer tested by Juan Fangio in 1947.)fossil skull upon which this study was based. Scientists created a biomechanical model to simulate the jaw’s function. From that they determined […]

There is little doubt that our present leadership has a knack for being hated. Thanks to my pal Jack for the heads up.

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

‘Pat Tillman’s Brother Blasts Iraq War, Bush
Associated Press
Monday, October 23, 2006; A12
PHOENIX — The brother of an NFL player who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan after quitting his team to join the Army Rangers has spoken out.

Kevin Tillman has not spoken publicly about the war or his brother’s death since his discharge from […]

Thank goodness for Cafferty & Olbermann.

Friday, October 20th, 2006

The Washington Post is reporting a theft of e-voting software of Diebold–the company which made 2004 famous.
From the FreeSpeechZone.net: 
*(FORMER) Diebold chairman, president, and C.E.O., Walden […]